THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS who recently swooped around the Moon and back again – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, may their names live forever – did more than visually explore Earth’s neighboring world from close quarters for the first time in decades.
They injected into this world a burst of hope and vicarious glory sorely needed in this age of cynicism, distrust, chaos and doomcrying.
Think of it. When’s the last time you felt a surge of positivity and pride at human accomplishments? Speaking strictly for myself, it’s been at least one year, three months, and a day or two.
But watching the Artemis mission’s textbook-perfect splashdown and recovery had me shedding at least one tear of grateful joy.
This is what humans can do when we all work together, I thought, dabbing my eyes with a tissue. This is what’s possible.
I don’t know about you, but I needed that.